NDLEA’ll Use Immigration Database To Track Drug Barons – Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it
will use of the Nigeria Immigration Service’s huge database to
track drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world.

Chairman/CEO of the anti-drug agency, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba
Marwa (retd), disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed
Babandede, in Abuja yesterday.

After a tour of the NIS database facility, Marwa commended
Babandede for deploying modern technology and state-of-the-art
equipment to keep huge data for the use of the nation’s
intelligence and law enforcement community.

“No doubt, the NIS database will be of immense use to us in
NDLEA in our efforts to track drug barons and traffickers wherever
they may be hiding across the world and we’ll take advantage of the
new technology deployed by the NIS now that the NDLEA is on top of
its game,” he said.

He commended the NIS Comptroller General for introducing drug
integrity test to the service, adding that the agency will continue
to push for other government agencies and political-office seekers
among others to adopt the same.

In his response, the NIS boss said Marwa is the right Nigerian
to handle the kind of task NDLEA is saddled with given his past
records, experience and competence.

“We have no doubt that you will excel like you have done in
previous national assignments and we are ready to work with you. On
the drug integrity test, we will like the NDLEA positioned to
conduct drug test for the military and other law enforcement
agencies,” Babandede stated.

He said it was not enough to send those caught with drugs to
jail, membership of any drug cartel must equally be regarded and
treated with similar measures.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it
will use of the Nigeria Immigration Service’s huge database to
track drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world.

Chairman/CEO of the anti-drug agency, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba
Marwa (retd), disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed
Babandede, in Abuja yesterday.

After a tour of the NIS database facility, Marwa commended
Babandede for deploying modern technology and state-of-the-art
equipment to keep huge data for the use of the nation’s
intelligence and law enforcement community.

“No doubt, the NIS database will be of immense use to us in
NDLEA in our efforts to track drug barons and traffickers wherever
they may be hiding across the world and we’ll take advantage of the
new technology deployed by the NIS now that the NDLEA is on top of
its game,” he said.

He commended the NIS Comptroller General for introducing drug
integrity test to the service, adding that the agency will continue
to push for other government agencies and political-office seekers
among others to adopt the same.

In his response, the NIS boss said Marwa is the right Nigerian
to handle the kind of task NDLEA is saddled with given his past
records, experience and competence.

“We have no doubt that you will excel like you have done in
previous national assignments and we are ready to work with you. On
the drug integrity test, we will like the NDLEA positioned to
conduct drug test for the military and other law enforcement
agencies,” Babandede stated.

He said it was not enough to send those caught with drugs to
jail, membership of any drug cartel must equally be regarded and
treated with similar measures.